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Crash due to erroneous `StatusOr` in TensorFlow

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 2, 2022 in tensorflow/tensorflow • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

pip tensorflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.7.1

Patched versions

2.7.1
pip tensorflow-cpu (pip)
< 2.7.1
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-gpu (pip)
< 2.7.1
2.7.1

Description

Impact

A GraphDef from a TensorFlow SavedModel can be maliciously altered to cause a TensorFlow process to crash due to encountering a StatusOr value that is an error and forcibly extracting the value from it:

  if (op_reg_data->type_ctor != nullptr) {
    VLOG(3) << "AddNode: found type constructor for " << node_def.name();
    const auto ctor_type =
        full_type::SpecializeType(AttrSlice(node_def), op_reg_data->op_def);
    const FullTypeDef ctor_typedef = ctor_type.ValueOrDie();
    if (ctor_typedef.type_id() != TFT_UNSET) {
      *(node_def.mutable_experimental_type()) = ctor_typedef;
    }
  }

If ctor_type is an error status, ValueOrDie results in a crash.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 955059813cc325dc1db5e2daa6221271406d4439.

We have patched the issue in multiple GitHub commits and these will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0 and TensorFlow 2.7.1, as both are affected.

For more information

Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

References

@mihaimaruseac mihaimaruseac published to tensorflow/tensorflow Feb 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 4, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 4, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.167%
(54th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23590

GHSA ID

GHSA-pqrv-8r2f-7278

Source code

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